Comments on: i.t. cork podcast

By: David

David — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 21:53:47 +0000

Hugh, some interesting insights. Particuarly “open-sourcing” the packaging design for the latest Stormhoek wine. The result speaks for itself. Interested to see how engaging the customer at this level drives the brand into the mainstream.
Disagree on your take on Apple and their product design process. Here’s a quote from Steve Jobs that’s nearer the mark “It’s really hard to design products by focus groups. A lot of times, people don’t know what they want until you show it to them.“
– BusinessWeek, May 25 1998

By: Patrick

Patrick — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:32:33 +0000

Love the cartoon accompanying this post — made me smile greatly.

By: Marti

Marti — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 04:37:10 +0000

Damn dialup! It’d take me a week to be able to hear it…grr…
Sigh. I’m sure it was great…and I’ll take not being able to get broadband in return for living out here in the sticks.

By: Tom Raftery

Tom Raftery — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:17:25 +0000

Sheamus, as producer of the podcast, I too was very disappointed with the audio quality. I spent several hours on audio cleanup however it was the best we could do with the limited resources available to us at time of recording.
Glad you managed to find it and that you enjoyed it so much.

By: Sheamus

Sheamus — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 20:27:37 +0000

OK Hugh… This over-the-top passionate ancient (increasingly fit) guy just had to open his eyes to find the OUTSTANDING podcast!
Recommend in the strongest possible terms that you have this podcast professionally recorded (the sound on the current podcast is not the best) and then post it on Gaping Void as this will enable everyone to hear your voice and to learn a ton of very interesting and useful stuff about your background, your ideas and about the exceptional work you have done for English Cut, Stormhoek et al.
The knowledge available on this podcast is AWESOME and the interviewer asked AWESOME questions and you provided AWESOME answers and insights!
People want to learn and know stuff, and they take a delight when this happens. For example, I didn’t know that you knew how to build sites! And, I didn’t know that you helped build the English Cut site… How cool is that!!
Rock on Hugh!!!!
For example…

By: Sheamus

Sheamus — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 19:53:36 +0000

Where is that damn podcast! Want to listen to it before providing comment!!
Rock on Hugh!!

By: Susi

Susi — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 17:32:16 +0000

Delighted to hear your podcast! Excellent! When will you be speaking in London in the near future? Thanks!

By: Liam

Liam — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 10:15:35 +0000

Yes, I agree. Tom gave you the time to elaborate on topics and you covered the stories comprehensively.
Nice to get this big picture stuff once in a while. It’s more difficult to see when we’re all in the thick of everyday blogging and social media marketing etc.
Such is podcasting. Well done.